Resources — Othello Grey

Resources

Lao Tzu - The Art of Not Trying
10 Buddhist Principles So Nothing Can Affect You
David Lynch on Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain
David Lynch Explains Transcendental Meditation
Marcel Duchamp Interview on Art and Dada (1956)
Rick Owens on Championing Alternative Aesthetics with Bella Freud (via Michael)
Yoyaku Instore Session with Tomoki Tamura (DJ Set)
Learning How to Use Your Light Meter for Film Photography
9 Years of Camera Setting Knowledge in 29 Minutes
The Art of Cinematic Composition
8 Steps to Cinematic Lighting

Aaron McGruder Interview (about) The Boondocks (1999)
How This All Happened by Morgan Housel (Short story about what happened to the U.S. economy since the end of World War II)
Why You Shouldn’t Second Guess Your Decisions
How I Tricked My Brain to Like Doing Hard Things (Dopamine Detox)
How To Enter ‘Flow State’ on Command

Six Secrets to Learn Anything Faster
4 Layers of Learning Every(one) Student Must Master
Morning Routines for 2025
Rick Rubin Addresses Criticisms & Opens Up About His Greatest Challenge in Life
Improve Your Communication Skills
Communicating Effectively is Shockingly Uncomplicated
Prince’s Work Ethic (Six Lessons)
Prince’s Unstoppable Philosophy : 10 Tips for Success
Quincy Jones : You’re Probably Killing Your Creative Potential
How to Outsmart the Game of Reality
I’m 40, If You’re In Your 20’s or 30’s, Watch This
How to Learn Any Skill
Photography Cheat Sheet : Camera Reference Guides for Visual Learners
5 Best Open-Source Lightroom Alternatives
11 Best Closed-Source Photoshop Alternatives
7 Free Open-Source Tools that Rival the Best Creative Software
Comparing Film Scans : Labs vs DSLR vs Flatbed
This is Why I’m Switching (BACK) To Adobe Lightroom from Capture One
Lightroom Classic vs Capture One (2024)
Fixing Converging Lines (Keystoning) in Photoshop & Lightroom
Genius and Easily Raising Your IQ
Hamming, “Creativity” (May 23rd, 1995)
How To Be More Intelligent, Creative and Innovative
“When You Find a Genius, Give Them All the Power” (Twitter)
4 Years of Marketing Lessons as Minimalistic Visuals (Twitter)
10 Youtube Channels That Will Teach You New Skills (Twitter)
23 Sentences That Will Improve Your Productivity in the Next 2 Minutes (Twitter)

Thich Nhat Hanh - The Art of Mindful Living Part 1
Thich Nhat Hanh - The Art of Mindful Living Part 2
Derek Sivers : The ‘Good Enough’ Life Choice
Derek Sivers : 9 Stories, 18 minutes for things that matter
Derek Sivers : Books I’ve Read (Summaries and detailed notes on various books)
Derek Sivers : Obvious to you, amazing to others
Tara Brach - Radical Acceptance Revisited
Burnout Generation
Ego Blind Spots
How the stories we tell ourselves control our lives

Stoicism
The Philosophy of Stoicism - Massimo Pigluicci
Why Stoicism Matters
Stoicism 101 (this is a good briefing of the concepts of Stoicism after understanding it a bit)
10 Themes of Stoicism
Practical Stoicism
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

PDF24 (Compress, merge, edit, split, unlock, sign PDFS and more for free)
Temp Mail (provides free, temporary, secure, anonymous, disposable email adresses)

Free Game - Virgil Abloh
Models.com (the only online creative industry database you’ll ever need)
Ken Rockwell - Camera Database (use search function for in depth anaylsis of almost any camera)
Invoice.cc (a simple way to create invoices)
id.directory (various resources surrounding legal, creative, music and other frameworks)
Photographing in Direct Sunlight
Guide to Photography Usage Terms
Licensing Fees for Photography
Guide to Pricing Commercial Photography : License Fees
Pixel Dimensions and File Sizes for Printing Photos
Flagging and Feathering
5 Ways to Use a Beauty Dish
Export a Contact Sheet from Lightroom CC
Five Different 6X7 Medium Format Cameras to Create Beautiful Photos With
13 Smart Podcasts That Will Feed Your Hunger for Knowledge and Ideas
Class Central : 100,000 Courses, 950 Subjects
20 Websites That Feel Illegal to Know About
10 Google Chrome Extensions to Save You Hundreds of Hours (all free)